Parenting & Family Quote by Rick Yune

Bond is the kind of franchise that doesn’t just hire actors; it anoints them. When Rick Yune says he’s wanted to be in a Bond movie since he was a kid, he’s admitting something refreshingly unguarded: the dream isn’t only about a role, it’s about entering a global myth factory that helped write his early idea of glamour, danger, and belonging.

The intent is straightforward - aspiration - but the subtext has bite. For an Asian American actor who came up in an era when Hollywood’s “international” often meant “exotic henchman,” Bond represents both a peak and a trap. It’s the pinnacle of mainstream visibility, yet historically tethered to a narrow set of archetypes: the disposable villain, the silent bruiser, the accent-as-personality. Yune’s line quietly negotiates that tension. Wanting in “since I was a kid” frames the desire as innocent fandom, not career strategy, which makes it harder to dismiss as ambition for ambition’s sake. It’s also a subtle way of claiming cultural citizenship: I grew up on the same icons you did.

Context matters: Yune broke through in the late-’90s/early-2000s action boom, when “cool” Asian masculinity was marketable but still tightly managed. A Bond movie offers the ultimate upgrade - not just screen time, but entry into a canon. The sentence lands because it’s less a pitch than a confession: how many of us still chase the stories that first taught us what “cool” looked like, even after we’ve learned who those stories tended to exclude?